The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

it° " L 1 From this time nnt:l ths of I Opera nigi!ts in each .2ek, V. Thursday, and satsrd. Mademoiselle . estint TO-MORROW (Saturd kr the first time this seasc. ie FROPHETE. Fides, Sid in that character in Englan I Count Oberthal, Signor Tag. .la Mathisen, Signor Polonini C Sergeant, Signor Rossi ; Peat of Leyden, Signor Wachtel, Character in Eng'and. Conductor, I The Grand Slotin an will be supported by fr Rd le. Scene Sah :Navarre, and M. Despla:e3. Commence at ha'f pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre r. amp hi t h e atre. 2s. 6d. _B o xes, stall at th. , box-oflict under the portico open from ten to five, and ac the pr 111-IEATRE ROYAL 1 Managers, 3lessrs. Edmond F. B. Chatterton LAZE THIS EVENING, a Ecene from T \V Atter which, will be produced Revival of Shalc,Tere's Chnnicle or His the First Part of HENRY THE FOUR? ;rand St ;:e entitA The cast will include impersonations • : lose eminc 'artists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Mont' aery, Mr. Waite Lacy. Mr. Addisoi, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Ito , r 4 aoxby, M Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. ' , enbow G. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, M "- Edith Wynne, M ss Rose Leclercq, and Mr. toner, supported by all the Members of the pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. ,und Fa aae Ccu Belmar THEATRE ROYAL HAYMA Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstor THIS EVENING will be performed T W ELM NIGH me,,srs. Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Ho Farl•en, Rogers, Braid, de. ; Mesdames Angel, t i 1 &c. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENII3 ADONTh:. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, Sze. , dames LoViSe KeeieY, Snowden, belly rower, Hill, W goers, Sta. Commence at 7. ROYAL. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole 3lanagement of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will comr.. with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Wi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. Alter which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comet —, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. BroughAm, limer, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leciercq, Miss llenrad bliss P. Leclercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. Vining, Hermann Vezin, \elson, D. Fisher, &c.; Mesdames Hermahu Vezin, C. Chrstm, &c Alter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. N - G W THEATRE-11,0 YAL, ADELPHi.-- z7kole Proorttnor and Manavr. 3lr. B. Webster. THIS7EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, H. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling . ' R. Phillips, Bitiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Biilington. To o , Rclude with Tar; AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too e, P. Bedford, t.. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ISS BA I'EMAN.—L E A H.—THlo EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma,thn ,Ltil further notice In order .o give due effect to t.is most remarkable suczes3 of the se .son, eutireiy new scenery by the celebratna anists Messrs. Danson and moons, aia Thompson. New dr ss,s and appo'ntments have be n prepare t for its productior..—N. 0. In consequence of the .iressing and numerous applications ac the Box-offt - vngement+ have row been made by which Seats miy be ob tained a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. Alter which (third time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. R OYAL sT. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening.-- First wtek of a new Sensation Farce.—Mr. J. Clarke. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle , Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr, Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called ',HAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Mies Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN : 31r. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, at 10, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with IT2M ER TIIE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. C OALS.--ne LILLEstIALL UONIPANII - S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis', 26s. per ton. I Double... 21s. per ton. Top „ Det p .221. „ Well scr , _!ened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Itiestbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Whart, Paddington, W. Best Cok' Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent ripHE THIRD EDITION OF SUN," Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening. of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 29, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5l Barometer-30.15. Vnd—N.W.; fresh breeze, and fine. rltuFi WATER AT LONDON BRIDGC, DUB DAY.—?Morning, 7h. 3m.—Afternoon, 7b.40m, ro-acoußow.-Morning, 15m,—Afternoon, Bd. 56,, , - ..!i 1 — 0 ', '',., --- . • - S , -„ , ,c. w _ urf . - ...,--. , J LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1864. It must be confessed that Ministers are particu larly unfortunate just now. First one thing and then another seems to conspire against them, and all the unpleasant reports, disagreeable rumours, and inimical hints that have been circulated, whis p:red about, and spread abroad, seem to be coming true, and ihat at a very awkward time. In the recess things can be smuggled over in a convenieet fashion, and the most perplexing inquiries can be shelved, as it were, with one device or another. It i 3 quite otherwise, however, during the session. Then all are on the qui rive for intelligence, and if there are no reports afloat concerning an enemy, a friend's reputation must be sacrificed, rather than have nothing to find fault with or grumble at. A few months age the sage or sapient adherents of the Government would have scouted the idea of their being worsted in so many encounters, and quite ignored the notion of their being taken in and duped on so many occasions. Experience that teaches so many sad and stern lessons has, however, imparted this direful information, and our present advisers can neither boast of their wits or their wisdom. Perhaps they have been willingly de csived ; but as they dare not confess such a thing, the same blame must attach itself to them, as it they had been really desirous of acting impartially. Laid LYONS' despatch recently published is a very curious communication, and even in these days of remarkable cccurrences and astounding anomalies it Is a very striking and startling affair. Perhaps the most conspicuous part of the transaction is the coolness with which the matter is treated by every one. Does this quiesence show indifference to the , practis e d cheatieg or fear of offending the parties implicated in the concern? Either way the very guardtd expressions made use of seem quite out of place. It is is a manner holding oat a premium for trickery and deceit to allo w such glaring instances to pass by almost un ati ced and quite uncensured. At all events, euch slurring over grave offences against honesty, i s one of the innovati ons o f th e new style of things introeuced by the disciples of progress of the present day. It Was a noble saying of the French monarch, that if truth and honour were banished from the rest of the world, they ought to be enshrined in the hearts of kings ; but there is no need for the sentiment to die out in these practical times that have sue. ceeded to the poetic days of ancient chivalry. In all matters that are more or less national, and in all transactions that have reference to the inter a.ue comtnunicatio❑ of State;, the greatest sincerity should prevail, also the utmost care ought to be used to prevent any false report gaining ground, anti any unfounded charge being credited. The same rule applies to the concerns of friends and foes, lukewarm supporters, and devoted adherents. Justice knows no distinction, and there will be an end of all upright dealings and fair conduct, if once the idea obtains that it is lawful to outs wit an adversary at the expense of candour, and through the violation of the laws of straight forwardness. Nothing can excuse Mr. SEWARD for the part he has played in this disgraceful affair of the forged despatch. It has been, indeed, reported that he was aware of its peculiar cha- ratter. That cannot be proved, and it does not mend one serious error to make another mistake in accounting for its origin. At all events those who are kind Enough to give him the benefit of the doubt cannot deny that he deserves the im utation, and if it is an unjust assertion, he should fleet thst he had no right to be in such a hurry to take away the reputation of others, and then , on a supposition to do them a positive injury, ork upon the credulity of too impressionable s. It is a grievous blunder in his acts as a ablic man. The American war has been rife with e disastrous personal complications, but none of receding affairs has at all come up to this last dal. It is a very lame account of the proceed- iu z , which is given in Lord LYONS' letter. Perhaps he ,s ashaired of the whole thing, and, if so, it is the arst sign of good taste and feeling which has bcc. shown in the transaction from beginning to or!. We have see❑ the most ignorant infatuation, th_ yet indecent taste, and the moat unwarrant- able i-mping at w3nelusions on all sides, as regards WARD and his myrmidons, and Earl Rus SEL., and his emissaries, but no trace of consideration is anywhere discoverable and no gleam of good will or generous forbearance lights up the dark and devious track that has been pursued. It is one of the many evils which accrue from the influence of such narrow views, and the constant practice of petty actions, that when any mistake ie made there is nothing to fall back upon. It is impossible for the politician, the diplomatist, or the statesman to recover himself, because he was only actuated by the most sordid and selfish motives. He aimed at damaging his opponent, not at render ing the State a signal service. Those who make the end justify the means can never hope to inspire respect or to win regard. If they succeed, they may forget all higher influences in the whirl of the busy wheel of fortune; but if they fail there is nothing to impart dignity to reverses or to take the sting from defeat. It may be that some of those connected with these forged communications may stiltrejoice at the success of the manoeuvre, although they admit the falsity of the reports that have worked the mischief. If so, they ought to be ashamed of themselves, for such a dastardly course of action is a disgrace to a civilised state and would be a stain in the annals of savage warfare. One thing is worthy of notice—that the deceit has been very lightly passed over by our Ministers. The Attorney-General has admitted that, in his sim plicity, he believed the reports to be genuine; but the other Ministers will not allow their wisdom to be in fault, and prefer to allow the matter to drop quietly. In tho name of English honour, and for the sake of national credit, this should not be. A wrong has been perpetrated, and our Government have helped to do it; a gross injustice has been done to a struggling State, and those who have been active agents in assisting in the outrage should come forward and disown the originators of the base and ignoble transaction. if they d) not take as much pains to circulate the denial as they did to spread abroad the false accusation,tLey are compro• wising themselves, and must share the disgrace, it not the guilt, or We emspiracy. 'There is nothing to be ashamed of in confessing a mistake, but there is everything to blush for in keeping up the game of subterfuge, and allowing things to take their course when that course is a crooked one, and such that will not bear the light of day shed upon it. It is to be remembered that the subjects of this realm have suffered great wrongs in conse quence of this shameful and scandalous proceeding. It seems strange that so little care has been evi denced by those bound to protect them for their unjust and unfair treatment. Those who review the course of this American war from the outset will assuredly trace this episode in dark colours, and no triumph that the partial success of the nefarious scheme has wrought out for political and party par poses can compensate far the mischief it has done in destroying confidence and shaking our faith and reliance in the goodwill of our Government. It is too late to tell us to rest and be thankful when there is no security that any day the garbled ac• count, the false report, and the forged despatches of an unscrupulous and unprincipled foreigner may not actuate a Minister to adopt the most stringent course, and to resort to the most extreme measures!. Before Earl RUSSELL next presumes to address a public meeting, and talk so glibly of the necessity of altering our laws to suit the fancies of our sen sitive allies, he had better take the trouble to ascer tain whether he is not the dupe of an adroit schemer, and the victim of some practical joke. It is long since so flagrant an outrage has been offered to the good sense, the high character, and the honourable feeling of this country, and it is tco bad for those who have done ea much harm to be too proud to own their errors, or too wilful to do their utmost to rectify the mistakes it has led them to commit, and the injuries that it has been the means of inflicting. It is satisfactory to learn, by the news from Cal cutta, that recent investigations tend to prove that tho outbreak on the North-West frontier was not the result of so general a conspiracy as was once feared. There is no doubt that the disturbances were encenTaged, if not originated, by Mahommedan agents, several of whom have been arrested at Patna ; but it appears that nothing has yet oc curred to strengthen the belief of a widespread Mussulman confederacy. On the contrary, it would appear, from the trifling nature of the evi dence adduced, as well as from the relationship proved to exist between the principal agent and some of the frontier tribes, that the whole affair was of a purely local and temporary character. This is a highly satisfactory result of the investi gation, removing the uneasiness and suspicion na turally excited by a less favourable view of the case. From Calcutta itself the news is cheering enough, with one serious exception, the state of the public health. Still, even the sickness and mortality now so terribly frequent on the banks of the Hooghly may in the end prove to be blessings in disguise, by compelling the authorities to take active measures of sanitary reform. The acknow ledged evils of the city have been suffered to in crease with the increasing population until they have reached a height and a virulence that threaten most serious results, unless their progress be promptly checked. 5,000 corpses, it is said, are an ❑ually thrown into the river,:i to float among the shipping, while the total absence of drainage and sewerage increase a hundredfold the natural unhealthiness of the city. When we add to these evils the condition of the native town and the defi ciency of pure water, we shall not much wonder at ..,....m.••••••.inweaW,r • A L',A N Bison the: . Ibe four eery Mund.-.; 'uesdo.y, nor`Vsz 0, will t perfo7 ed, for er's Gr.'d Op 3, LE u, her Sit app .ranee 51adametud,-, •lorff ; ' , Jilt, Sig:lr t. oni ; idi ; Lucchesi s:. ean iTearar..-: TEE SUN, LOMB DON, FRIDAY EVE NG, APRIL 29, 1864. the verdict of a member of the Calcutta Medical College, who said, "If a man is fortunate when he first comes out he will have fever; if he is unfortu nate he will have dysentery; if he is very unfortu nate he will have cholera." Such a picture may be an extreme one, but it is only too evident that there is urgent need of some change. We are pay ing a dear price for the cuipable indiff , rence and neglect which has hitherto been shown in these matters in the lives of valuable public servants whose official duties oblige them to undergo the risks attending a prolonged resi dence in Calcutta. Mr. MILLS, Q.C., the new judge, is, we regret to learn, the latest victim. Some efforts have lately been made to mend matters ; and the report of the chairman of the newly ap pointed Sanitary Commission, only :comprises the most that has been said of the state of the city. The Government is preparing for its move to Simla, and is therefore, in common with th. 3 public, awaiting anxiously Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S Budget. That anxiously looked for event is not likely to be quite so welcome this year as last, since recent events have interfered with the expected eurplus. Fortunately, the unusually large receipts from the customs have compensated in a great measure both for the depression of the opium trade and for the tightness of the money market. Unfortunately Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN has lost much of his popula rity among the trading community by his inaction during the late commercial crisis. Matters are now mending, but from the restricted state of the cur rency the recurrence of such panics is but too cer tain. Why cannot our financiers try the experi ment of a paper currency under proper limitations, based on the national credit. Such a course would relieve India from her monetary difficulties, and would avoid the possibility of a crisis like the pre sent. It would also give a stimulus to enterprise and an encouragement to trade and commerce, which could not fail to affect the general prospe rity of the country and to develop its resources, Had the panic occurred in a less favourable year its results would have been far more serious, but we have no seourity that it will not recur when the Exchequer is embarrassed and the crops failing. According to English, and still more to Anglo- Indian custom, we must we suppose wait for that day before we can hope for a substantial change. Reforms of all kinds are, however, likely to go on under the new Governor, whose energy and industry have startled officials of every degree from their comfortable dolce far nunte. None can complain of overwork when they see the amount of labour accomplished by the chief of the State, and accord ingly a long accumulation of arrears is being cleared of in every quarter. The Viceroy does not spare sharp words and practical hints to indolent or supine officials; and by example, precept, and keen supervision, he has succeeded in stirring up the various departments to a degree of vigour and inactivity long unknown. Neither is his supervision a mere form, since almost every re port bears, it is said, in its marginal notes a proof of its having been read by the Governor himself. Afraid apparently of the reaction which would fol low his absence, the Governor takes the whole secretariat with him to Simla, where, if they get change of air, they are not likely to get too many holidays under such a chief. India wanted such a ' man at her head, since the immense accumulation of neglected public questions placed a formidable barrier in the way of her social and political pro gress. There are in all quarters of the country abuses to be rectified, reforms to be instituted, im provements to be effected which have been talked of year by year but have never been forthcoming. The present session has seen many important measures passed in Calcutta, and one of them for the registration of deeds is interesting to many in this country, since it secures the purehaser of land from fraud and litigation, thus encouraging the formation of enterprising companies, and the in. vestment of English money in India. Altogether the news is satisfactory, and we may hope that the active and enlightened spirit now infused into the Calcutta councils will before long produce still more marked effects. CHARLES DICKENS'S NEW STORY, Part I. of ii Our Mutual Friend." The " two green leaves" dear to us all by reason of so many delightful recollections are putting forth anew, this once, appropriately enough in the spring time. Upon the average, hitherto, if we remtuaber rightly, they have begun to burgeon in the autumn, generally speaking, somewhere about October, Anyhow, they come forth upon this occa sion in every imaginable way most seasonably. Where the last story of our Great Humourist ended, his new story now begins. As we open the first chapter we are, with him—afloat again upon the Thames. Not participating in the flight of another convict, such as that wonderful Meg witch in " Great Expectations," hut sculling, in the autumn twilight,over the great, river in a ho it propelled by the daughter of a " 'long shoreman," one Gaffer Hexam, a creature not unlike Shakspere's Samphire-Picker, for inasmuch as he has to do with the borders of the great deep, and that his, also, is indeed a " fearful trade !" The Bird of Prey, es Hexam is dubbed by oar novelist, sits in the stern of the boat when we first see him —On the Look Oat ! As an opening chapter, this first one of " Oar Mutual Friend" is wonder fully striking. It influences the reader, like a glance from the Ancient tlariner's eye : we needs must listen. In its way, as an introduc tion to a serial story, it is equal—more than this we could not possibly say of it—it is equal to that opening chapter in the graveyard by the marshy flats, giving at once a landscape and a haunting in terest to" Great Expectations." And as the little boy Pip and that shuddering,hunted Mag witch stood out vividly there from that congenial background of the wild fiat and the weedy graveyard—so here upon the instant we have indelibly imprinted upon our recol lection —afloat upon the river Thames—at their un holy work towards nightfall—the 'longehore•man Hexam, and that foul creature's fair young daughter! Already, in truth, there is abundant promise in this Part I. of an enthralling story. The ravelling cf the thread of it into a most intricate plot is, to our mind, in these thirty-two pages, even now pretty well accomplished. Insomuch that we can readily understand at once the initial hieroglyphic on the green cover. Four chapters make up this first instalment. The preliminary chapter we have already characterised. The one imme diately following it introduces us to a throng of genuine Boz characters. The Veneerings— to begin with— occupy the foreground, A wonderful couple ! Everything new about them : they them selves being—as newly married, whenthe tale begins, we are gravely told, "as was la wfdly compatible with their having a bran new baby." The new• ness of their friends, moreover, is suggestive to our author of the drollest incidents imaginable: among others, take the following, " fearful circumstance," as he ca.ls it —occurring when the guests are assembling it a dinner-party given by these same Veneerings— " Mis-ter and Mig-sis Podsnap 1" "My dear," says Mr. Veneering to Mrs. Veneering, with an air of much friendly interest, while the door stands open, "the Podsnaps." A too, too smiling large man, 1% a fatal freshness ciL, him, appearing with his wife, instantly deserts his wife and darts at Twemlow with : 'How do you do? So glad to know you, Charming house you have here. I hopo we are not late, So glad of this opportunity, I am sure !" When the first shock fell upon him, Twemlow twice skipped back in his neat little shoos and his neat little silk stockings of a bygone fashion, as If impelled to leap over a sofa behind him ; but the large man closed with him and proved too strong, "Let me," says the large man, trying to attract the at tention of his wife in the distance "have the pleasure of presenting Mrs. Podsnap to her host. She will be," in his fatal freshness he seems to find petpetual verdure and eter nal youth in. the phrase, " she will be so glad of the oppor tunity, I am sure I" In the meantime, Mrs. Podsnar, unable to originate a mistake on her own account, became Mrs. Veneering is the only other lady there, does her bob; in the way of hand• homely supporting her hu.thand's, by looking towards Mr. Twemlow with a plaintive countenance and remarking to Mrs. Veneering in a feeling manner, firstly, that she fears he has been rather bilious of late, and, secondly, that the baby is already very like him. It is questionable whether any man quite relishes being mistaken for any other man ; but, M. Veneering having this very evening het up the shirt-front of the young An tineus (in new worked cambric just come home), is not at all complimented by being supposed to be Twemlow, who is dry and weazm and some 30 years older. Mrs. Veneering equally resents the imputation of being the wife of Twem low. As to Twomlow, he is so sensible of being a much better bred man than Veneeringi that he considers the large man an offensive ass. In this complicated dilerA la , Mr. Veneering approa -- 1 108 the large man with ex t :inded hand and, smailint,j, assures that incorrigible' e rsonage that he is deligb'.o to see him : ; - who in his fa ' 41 freshness instantly repl es " Thar' you. I am ashamed to `,,ay that I cannot at this Inwir ,nt recall where we met, 'out I am so glad of this op -1" atattity, I am tur© I" I Then pouncing r.pon Twemlow, who holds back with all his feeble might, he is haling him off to present him, as Veneering, to Nits Podsnap, when the arrivals of mere guests unravels tte mistake. Whereupon, having re-shaken hands with Veneering as Veneering, ho re-shakes hands with Twemlow as Twetnlow, and winds it all up to his own perfect satisfaction by saying to the last-named, " Ridicu lous opportunity—but so glad of it, I am sure I" Now, Twemlow having undergone this terrific experience, having likewise notei the fusion of Boots in Brewer and Brewer in Boots, and having further observed that of the remaining seven gn , ets four discreet characters enter with wandering eyes and wholly decline to commit themselves as to which is Veneering, until Veneering has them in his I grasp ; Twemlow having profited by these studies, finds his brain wholesomely hardening as he approaches the conclusion that he really is Veneering's oldest friend, when his brain softens again and all is lost, through his eves encountering Veneering and the large man linked together as twin brothers in the back drawing -room near tae conservatory door, and through his ears informing him in the tones of Mrs. Veneering that the bEtllle large man is to be baby's godfather. Among the retainers in attendance at this dinner party there is one, by the way, who is so depreciatory in his manner of everything and everybody that, when he pr ece d es a guest up the staircase, w i t h a mourn ful air, he does so " as w ho should say, Here is another w retc h e d v i ct i m come t o dinner : such is life." Bottl e i n h an d, h e goes the round of the table " like a gloomy Analytical Chemist : always see ming t o say after Chablis, sir ? '—‘ You wouldn't if you knew what it's made of." Hence forth, naturally, ho is never mentioned, this same melancholy retainer, but as the " Analytical Chemist" —every tim e more and more l u di crous ly. Commend us —among th e guests waited upon by the Analyti cal Chemist to th e P o d sna p s a l re ady introduced—. he " with two little light-coloured wiry wings on either side of his else bald head, looking as like his hairbrush as his hair" she " fine woman for Professor O wen, quan tity of bone, neck and nostrils like a roc ki ng horse, '' et cetera. O r , better still, commend us to the Mature Young gentleman " with too much nose in his face, too much gieger in his whiskers, too much torso in his waistcoat, too much s p ar kle in his studs, his eyes, his buttons, his t a lk, an d his teeth." Or be l ",t of all —Lady Tippin s " w i t h a n immense obtuse drab oblong Ulu, like a face in a tablespoon," An old lady, who, in h er ga i e ty of rots.iner, enhances the humour of her remarks a certain yellow play 'legs of scratching poultry." in her throat lik e th e The Four Buffer-, of t h e pa rty, moreover, including among them , portion amazingly. The only rational of tee story 'Boots and Brewer, help the fun of this by the way, pen , e among the whole set being Mortimer Lightwood, the Solicitor, and his friend, formerly his schoolfellow, the gloomy Eugene, Barrister-at-Law. The way in which Mortimer tells a story at the dinner table—a story directly bearing upon the whole plot of the serial here com menced—the way in which Mortimer relates it, with all the byeplay and all the interruptions well, to our mind Mr. Dickens has never written anything more delightful in the way of quiet, play. fel humour, has never written anything more plen tifully marked' mith touches of that life-like reality, in respect to which his writings are—simply, in one word, inimitable. The chapter coming next, chapter three, that is, entitled " Another Man" —as the one before it has been typically called (in reference to the plot) " The Man from Some where"—carries•us onward into the intricacies of that labyrinth the readers of "Our Mutual Friend" are happily destined now to track out through all its manifold windings daring the next nineteen months consecutively. The Police Station—the Police Inspector, cool and deliberate, like an abbot in his monastery, even while the drunken drab in the cell hard-by is clamouring in her shrieks for some other woman's liver—the said Inspector's alert satellite—these and other scenes and people, thereabouts, are described as Mr. Dickens only can describe London localities and specimens of the London population. Finally, in the fourth chapter completing this opening number of the new story, we ere introduced, in the purlieus of Hollo way, to divers members of " The R. Wilfer Family." The chubby paterfamilias in the group, R. Wilfer himself, to wit, bears, it is hinted, a resemblance to the conventional cherub grown up and clothed! R. stands for Reginald, but the cheru bic Wilfer being a poor clerk merely, with a very small stipend, modestly contracts into R, a Christian name for which his facetious associates, thereupon Eubstitute a variety of preposterous adjectives and participles beginning with R, as Ripe, Ridiculous, Roaring, Raffi3h, and so forth, the favourite substi tute for his own name, the one sticking to him like a burr, being—absurdly—Rumty !,Mrs. Wilfer, his wife, who ties her head in a handkerchief, and wears a pair of gloves in doors, "as a kind of armour against misfortune (invariably assuming it when in low spirits or in difficulties) and as a species of full dress"—promises to be as amusing in her way as Mrs. Micawber. Two out of the daughters of the house, Bella and Lavinia, are already, here. among our acquaintance. Inducted also into the Wilfer establishment, as the new lodger on the first floor, is one in whom we are fain to recognise not only " three gentlemen in one," like Mrs. Malaprop's Cerberus, but the hero of the narrative. Can lie be " Our Mutual Friend ?" Already we know not how to call him ! Mr. John Harmon—Mr. Julius Handford—Mr. John Arrowsmith. By the way it almost seems to us as if—out of the very confusion there is in regard to his identity, or rather out of the very reduplication of his—how shall we term them?--well, in Cockney Latin ,aliaaes —the wrong name, is, as it seems to us, for the moment, by an oversight, applied to him in the very last sentence of Part One, that is to say, the wrong name (again we would inter ject here, as it seems to us), in Bella's regard ! It is, namely, where Mr. John Arrowsmith is spoken of as one whom she (Bella) might have regarded with different eyes had she known that he rather resembled a twin brother of—(a person wholly un known to her as yet even by name)—" Mr. Julius Handford!" The allusion could only have been comprehensible to us had it here been said— " Mr. John Harmon." However, this apparent con fusion in regard to the name referred to, may be our own exclusively. The sequel of the story, under any circumstances, will for certain clear up the seeming difficulty. As certainly as the ninth chapter of it (p. 84) we perceive by a fly-Mem, is to clear up the difficulty about the popular phrase suggestive of the book's title. At any rate, we may now most cordially congratulate Mr. Dickens upon the bril liant commencement he has here made of his new serial fiction—as we may certainly congratulate his countless readers upon the treat before them. Ae the new illustrator of Charles Dickens, vice "Pile," Mr. Marcus Stone makes a very creditable beginning. The river scene with the Bird of Prey, afloat with his Child upon the Thames, is excel lent. And cleverly, too, in the other illustration to Part 1., has the artist depicted—how shall we call him ?—Our Mutual Friend ?—with his back to us ! LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 29. The Emperor and Empress of Russia are expected on the 15th May at Kissengen. His Majesty will remain a fortnight. The Emperor and Empress of Austria are also about to visit Kissengen, and a meeting of the Sovereigns Rill probably take place. The Volunteer Review at Guildford, The following official correspondence has been issued from the War-office : "Horse Guards, S.W., April 22, 1P:64. " Sir,—Referring to my letter of the rothi„t ., transmitting a copy of Lieutenant- r -Jeneral Sir John Pennefaaer's report on the Vr; tunteer R ev i ew at Guildford, I have now the hot) Jur, by direction of Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, to send you 'tor submission to the Secleetary of State, a copy of a supplementary report from that officer with regard to the volunteer drtiliery present on that occasion, —I have, &c., ( igr..gEa) J. YORKE SCARLETT, A.G. "The 1-1 D der Secretary of State for War," &c. "Aldershot, April 18, 1864. " Sir,—lt has been brought to my notice that in my report, dated the 31st tilt, of the Volunteer Review, which took place under my command on Easter Monday lest, at Blackheath, near Guildford, I made no mention of the volunteer arti lery. ",I have now to request that you will do me the honour to acquaint his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief and the Secretary of State for War that this omission was uninten. tional on my part, and that I had good reason to be satisfied with the soldier•like appearance of the artillery, the excellent state of their guns, carriages, horses, and gear, and the efficient manner in which the batteries were worked and mat ceuvred on the occasion in question. "Many of the pieces were heavy guns, and it was surprising to see how well they were moved over some very broken ground —even the 24-pounders— although of course such batteries, intended for posi tion, could not be calculated on to act with infantry in extended field operation. " It is right I should add, and I think it most creditable to the force, that no remonstrance, re presentation, or complaint on the part of the Volun teer Artillery, directly or indirectly, has been made to me with reference to the omission above referred to.—l have, &c. (Signed) "I. L. PEIINEFATHER, Lieut. - Gen. " The Adjutant-General," " War-office, April 28, 1864. " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl De Grey and Ripon to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d inst., enclosing a supplementary report from Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., on the Volunteer Review which was held on Easter Monday, and to request that you will inform his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com manding-in-Chief that his lordship has observed with great satisfaction that the volunteer artille ry has received from Sir J. L. Pennefather equ- 4 1 p m . mendation to that already bestowed by him. On the other arms of the service.—l have, B:e., (Signed) "EDWAP..D LIIGARD. " The Adjutant-Genf ral." SOCIETY FOR THE E'.4COURAGEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS.—Last eve ping Dr. Christopher Dresset delivered a lecture "Orr Colour; Its Harmonies and Con trasts." He gave in a succinct form a history of the disco veries as to the nature of colours and their progressive com binations, beginning with the three primitive colours, red, blue, and yellow, and then going into their combinations in the secondary and tertiary classes; showing also how by certain rules of proportion, certain combinations of colour, primar3 , secondary, and tertiary, brought into juxtaposition would produce a harmonious effect or the reverse. The lecture, which was thoroughly practical in its bearing, was listened to with great interest by a numerous audience. A discussion followed, in which Mr Hurletone (who occupied the chair), Mr IL Tidey, Mr Dutton, Mr Wood, and others took part, TIM ROYAL ACADEMY, (THIS DAY.) The Private View of the Royal Academy canoe. tiou for the season of 1864, has enabled us this fore noon to appreciate some at least among its many excellencies. On Monday morning, in due course, the great annual Picture Exhibition will be thrown open to the inspection of the Public at large. But, to-day, careful examination before-band of the Principal works of art contributed this year to the walls of the Royal Academy by the various competitors, affords us the customary opportunity of premising what may there be anticipated by the General Public, in the way of either satisfaction or disappointment. Oat of upwards of ono thou sand works of art, pictorial and sculpturesque (to be precise, the number particularised in the cata logue will be found to be 1,062) it would he, of course, impossible to specify (even if we had the leisure, after attending the Private View) more than a very small proportion indeed even among the more note worthy contributions. We must perforce, there fore, content ourselves now, on this very day of the Private View, with speaking of the present year's Exhibition at the Royal Academy, in terms of the merest generality. If only by reason of the ambi tious character of the picture as a work of art— as a work of high art—F. Leighton's (194) "Dante in Exile," demands at least to be at once particularised, and to be mentioned too, al it deserves, in terms expressive of our highest ad miration. Mr. Elmore's (100) " Within the Con vent Walls," is a smaller but a very noble and an eminently beautiful production. It will rank among his masterpieces. There is not far off again upon the same wall in Mr. Lewis's (110) " The 1-163 h," a wonderful pro duction—a very marvel of painting. Sir Edwin Landseer has two or three pictures in the Gallery, one of them at least not unworthy of his reputa tion. It is a picture, the one we here al lude to, of the icy Arctic— with some Polar Bears —tearing a banner or some blankets, among wreck and bores—horrible to look at—being, as it is like grim life and death huddled together ! Mr. Stansfield gives us, in 1864, his notion (as Sir Edwin, years ago, gave his) of " Peace" and " War." Mr. Poole contributes two or three charming pie.. tures—one of them a very charming picture, that of the " The Foster Children"—but not one of them, to our mind, worthy of his splendid abilities as an artist. The rooms of the Gallery, as we quitted them, were beginning to fill rapidly. Among the fashionable people already noticeable there were the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Carlisle, the Arch bishop of Dublin, together with a crowd of other well-known members of the aristocracy, both lay and ecclesiastical. Speech of Priiice William of Baden, CARLSIWITE, April 25. The sitting of the Upper Chamber was opened by Prince William of Baden, the President, to-day, with the following address " It is a pleasing and constantly exercised duty of this high Chamber always to take the warmest interest in all events affecting the Fatherland. Two events of this character have recently taken place in the warlike history of our country. The first is the glorious engagement of the first Prussian ships upon the 18th March with a superior hostile fleet ; the second the occurrence of the 18th of the present month, which is inscribed in the warlike story of Prussia and of Germany in letters of gold. Upon the last mentioned day the Prussian army gained a brilliant victory over the army of the enemy of the entire Fatherland. Sagacious leadership, coupled with the devotion and unsurpassable valour of 'the troops, have succeeded at least in expelling the enemy fur ever from the mainland. The result, gentlemen, is all the more glorious and eventful— for which we cannot thank Divine Providence with sufficient ardour—as it has taken place shortly be fore the meeting of the perhaps dangerous Con fee. ence, which is to decide the future of Schleswig Holstein, in a country hostile to Germany. Let us, therefore, join in the exultation of the Prussian people, and not omit to participate in the sorrow of those who have suffered great grief and losses upon the 18th. Ours be it to exclaim, Honour and fame to the allied armies, who fought for German honour ? Peace to the ashes of those who have died the death of heroes for their country !'" All the members of th e Chamber rose from their seats in token of their agreement with th 9 speech of their President, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very strong. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Week's sales, 96,420 bales, including 20,560 on speculation, and 22,180 for export; actual export, 11,525; estimated stock, 367,599. Quo,tations— Middling, Orleans, 27; Mobile, 271 ; Uplands, 27k; estimated fair Egyptians, 281- to 29 ; Surats, 9 i' to 25. Imports, 18,44 bales, THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, APRIL 28. An important public manifestation was com menced here yesterday evening. The corporations and professors together, with a large concourse of people, assembled with a view of thanking the Prince for the new electorf..l law. The assembly dispersed, however, at the invita tion of the authorities. MEXICO. PARIS, APRIL 29. The Moniteur of this morning says :—Advices received here from Mexico to the 29th March, state the reconciliatory mission of the French army was becoming better understood. The number of adhesions was continually increas. ing, and the guerillas had disappeared. ~eOO nized rebel torpedo corps, whose object is to destroy Federal vessels by every possible device. The Alexandria Virginia Union. Convention have adopted an amendment to the state constitution abolishing slavery. - ; In the Federal Senate, the committee on foreign affairs have refused to report the resolution adopted in the House of Representatives, reasserting the Munroe doctrine and denouncing the French occu pation of Mexico. The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York' continues to be well attended, and receipts thus far amount to 600,000 dole. The votes for the presentation of a sword by the Fair are so far largely in favour of General Vele', lan. Each visitor paying 1 dol. can vote. Altho u g h apparently an unimportant affair, the result is anxiously awaited, inasmuch as it is thought to indicate the relative popularity of the two Generals' SOUTHAMPTON, April 29. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Teutonia from New York on the 16th inst. ha s arrived off Cowes. She brings 134 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 118,200 do's. in specie for France, and 500 dole. for Hamburg. On the 17th inst. she spoke the Sazonia bou nd for New York. The Teutonia is waiting for orders before Po' ceeding for Hamburg. _ 4 . HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 2 8 . His Royal Highness Prince Augustus of Saxe' Coburg, Prince Philip, and Princess Amelie arrived yesterday on a visit to her Majesty, and lef t Osborne at ten o'clock this morning on their returu to Claremont. Princess Leiningen dined with her Majesty Ci d the royal family. The Prince and Princess of Wales, SANDRINGHAM, April 28. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at' tended by Captain Grey, arrived at Sandringham on Tuesday evening from Newmarket, having travelled to Woiferton by special train. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, et' tended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, waiked in the grounds, and drove out. On Wednesday the Prince of Wales walked ove r the estate, and, with Lieutenant-General Knoiiys and Captain Grey, inspected the various impreiv ments that are being made to the royal estate. Baron de Bertouch arrived at Sandringham o n Wednesday afternoon from Denmark. Their royal highnesses, according to present et' rangements, will leave Sandringham for town day by special train, and in the interval of thei r absence from Norfolk the Prince of Wales's nevi residence will be commenced. The plans, whic h , have been prepared by Mr. Humbert, have been la id before his royal highness, and it is understood that a mansion suited to the dignity of the heir to the throne will be provided in the place of the present hall, the pretensions of which are of a very humble character. _ The erection of residences for the comptroller of equerries, the extension of the royal stables, providing of new cottages for the labourers replet e with every accommodation, the planting of trees , laying out of gardens, &c., which are being carried out extensively, sufficiently indicate the intereel felt by their royal highnesses in the estate and the great improvements contemplated. THE VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE.-UNIVERSITY ARRANGEMENTS. The council of the senate have reported to the senate that the grace which was approved by them) and subsequently sanctioned by the senate on the 21st inst., for the purpose of fixing the 16th o f June as the day for conferring the honorary d 6 grees and reciting the prize exercises, was so or proved with special reference to the intended visi t to the university of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. They have since understood that it would be more agreeable to their royal highnesses to fig au earlier period for their visit, viz., from the 2d to the 4th of June, so that they may be present in the university before the members have separated for the long vacation. The council therefore recommend that the hotio" rary degree 3 be conferred on June 3, and that the Vice-Chancellor be authorised to fix the day an d time for reciting the prize exercises. As the examination for the ordinary degree of 8,21. canaot take place in the Senate-house at the t i m e fix,md by grace of Oct. 23, 1858, viz., May 26 + the council recommend that the syndicate which was appointed on the 21st inst. to make prepare • tions for the visit of their royal highnesses be on' powered to sign a place in which the examinatio n shall be held. A grace to authorise the carrying into Effict the foregoing recommendations will be offered to the senate at the next ensuing congregation. His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl tzud Countess of Malmesbury bf his company at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residenc e in Stratford-place. Among the guests invited to meet 13 0 royal highness were—Her Serene Highness Princes' Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Excellency the count Apponyi (the Austrian Ambassador ), the Marquis WA Marchioness Cadore, the Marchioness of E.!y, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl of Clanwillihm, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Edward St. Maur, Colune' the Non. James and Mrs. Macdonald, Sir Augustus and Lady Page t and Miss Dashwood. THE PREMIEL — Lord Palmerston has :wen cad fined to his residence during the week by an attae2 of g out/ which will account for his absence from the House of COW mons. Owing to hi 3 illness, Lady Palmerston's pa rty , which was fixed for to-worrow night, is put off to the. 7 01 of May. The Earl and Countess of Courtown leave their temporary residence on Carlton-house-terrace to .niorrowt for their seat in Ireland. The Countess of Verulanes dance for May 11 is unavoidably postponed until the 12th. - His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurtenl' berg, attended by Baron Guttenberg and M, Mesnard, ha; left the Clarendon Hotel for the continent, The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmontielei entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening) t` their mansion on Carlton-house-terrace. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford Ar e expected to arrive at their mansion in Charles-street, St` James's, from Curraghmore, County Waterford. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough recnicea a select party at dinner yesterday evening at their house ra Charles-street, Berkeley- square. The Earl Cadogan—not the Earl of Cardigan' as announced yesterday—is seriously indisposed. A tYP ° ‘ graphical error was the cause of the misstatement. LETTERS FOE CONSTANTINOPLE TIA ViEpiNit postal communication . 1 ) 1)5 AND KUSTENDJIE.—The been re-established between Vienna and Constantine - ' way of Tchernavoda.and Kusteneljie. Mails for i . o r..r„,i by this route are despatched from Vienna a weL 34 ' viz., on Mondays and Fridays; and letter . Kingdom intended to be forwarder' .uch mails the ordinary course of post, be in me the r of non day if despatched from Londr - • Ostend nw rriY ` 2 ` . o f the previous Saturday, : _ IFridaY spatched f om T on the morn: of the Vy r odhesd C. Letters for Coasts. n ...uso.—At a meeVng of Ji the United Kingdom, held in London on the 2Sth inst., attended by its most influential n; embers, resolutions to the following effect were una nl mo ;isly adopted :—That this meeting, without any desire to intert 're with the right of the workmen to combine for anY fair ant; legitimate object, is resolved to resist, by every le ans in its power, all attempts on the part of any combi nation of wi.'rkmen to dictate t o their em p lo y ers the mode in which their work shall be conducted, and what wo rkmen they shall employ ; and, with a view to maintain this prin tvle, a • : ommittee be fornied representing every iron making ` - nc FRANCE. BOURSE, April 28.—The arrival of the English funds with a decline has had a rather depressing effect on the market. Threes, for the Account, receded to 66f. 80c., but they have since recovered, and are now at 66f. 95c. Mobilier. after having gone down to 1,205 f., ore now at 1,220 f. Railway Market heavy, but np to the present time with little variation in prices. The market again de clined towards the close, and left off as follows : Italian Loan 6B 70 4t per Cents. 94 Do; end month 3 per Cents Do. end month.. - Credit Mobilier 1197 50 Do. end month 1195 Bank Shares 3350 Credit Fancier l2BO Roman Do. end month 68 75 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l 75 Florae Debt .. 49 25 Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. 885 .. 887 50 980 975 940 .. 945 887 50 .. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa .. Ditto to Barcelona .... 270 275 AMERICA. REUTER'S EXPRESS. (Per the City of London.) NEW YORK, April 16. Despatches from the Army of the Potomac announce that the roads in its vicinity are now in excellent condition, presenting no obstacle to an immediate advance. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad is again in running order, and uninter rupted railroad and telegraphic communication exists between the army and Washington. It is expected that active operations will commence at once. The rebel guerillas are becoming active. On the 14th Mosby, with about five hundred rebel cavalry, appeared suddenly near Bristoe station, and cap tured 25 Federal soldiers. He moved off in the direction of Fredericksburg, It is reported that Longstreet had reached Rich mond on the 11th with the greater portion of his army, and that General Lee had been heavily rein forced from other points, and also by a great num• ber of conscripts. The Army of the Potomac is believed to exceed that of General Lee in numbers, and is represented to be in excellent condition. There is no further news from Knoxville or Chattanooga. East Tennessee is said to have been entirely abandoned by the rebels. Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi River, 70 miles above Memphis, was captured on the 12th inst. by the rebel forces under Gen. Forrest, who demanded first a surrender of the fort—declaring that, if he had to take it by storm, no quarter would be given to the coloured troops, of which the garrison mostly consisted. Major Booth, the Federal commander, refused to surrender,and the rebels at once stormed the fort, overpowering the garrison by numbers. The negro troops became panic-stricken, and tied to the rear, It is alleged that the rebels massacred nearly all the negro and many of the white troops after the surrender of the fort, and that less than 200 out of the garrison of 600 were spared. Major Booth was killed. The rebel General Chalmers is said to have endeavoured to stop the carnage. An account received, via Cairo, states that only 56 negroes were spared, and that not one officer who commanded them survived. The rebels are said to have lost heavily in the assault. Several of the guns were spiked previous to their falling into the hands of the rebels. The guns of the fort were turned upon the Federal gunboat No. 7, which was compelled to withdraw. It is said that the rebels intended to evacuate the place and attack Memphis. One despatch, however, states that they will garrison and hold the fort. No boats are allowed to go below Columbus, Kentucky. The Government is said to have received no con firmation of the reported massacre of the garrison, although the accounts received are generally be. lieved to be but little exaggerated. The rebel General Buford, commanding a division of Forrest's forces, drove in the Federal pickets at Columbus, Kentucky, on the 13th, and demanded the surrender of Fort HaDeck. The Federal com mander refused to surrender, and Buford's forces withdrew, and. a portion of them subsequently attacked and occupied Paducah, being finally driven otit by the Federal gunboats. They moved off towards ALyficld, taking with them a largo amount of plunder, There is a prevailing apprehension that the ope rations of Forrest and Buford, although important in themselves, are merely intended to effect a diver sion in favour of more formidable operations else where under General John Morgan. Under whom, at last accounts, a very heavy force was being con centrated at Abingdon, in South•lVestern Virginia. Rebel guerillas are quite active in Kentucky, opposite Cairo. Advices from Louisiana to the sth inst. state that General Banks and staff had reached Grand Ecore. Alexandria has been put in condition for defeats against a threatened rebel attack. The heavy ironclads had dropped down the Red River to Fort De Russy. There was nothing further from the column moving against Shreveport, under General Smith. Latest advices from Arkansas state that General Steele's army, on the 'ith inst., had reached a point on the Little Missouri river, 25 miles from Cam, den, and expected next day to effect a junction with the foree under General r.rlj frr.).T. Fort Smith. been attache _ z.he rebels oath Shelby each case. kveral tit] antuau pUiseii 111 ~~, Texas advice , arm Pass, on the Rio cavalry force. Eagle hai b,;e-ii'V great at which the rebels ha Fe sent sotto over `"L o Mexico, Corpus Christi is bcou re-PPied by the Federals, and a number ^r taken. Abe occupy. cn of y:a heavy I A cavalry fight between the 14, New Yor. 4 a portion of the Seventh Alabama reb:Tienta ported to have occurred near Barran 2 at, Florid in which the rebels lost heavily and ret. kted. The rebel conscription is rigidly en, Southern Alabama, and terrible persecuti( said to be inflicted on those vhf. try to evade Admiral Porter has furnisbei the navy dept, meat cTideroe of the existence of a regularly orga- .twee I the 1 other dividend under the bankruptcy of Paul, .nd Bates promised at no distant date st ra ,'ukruptcy court officia.ld having at Present. ... 1 :?0,000 wad 416,000 r